Sanitary cuspidor.



N. LOVECE.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1916.

1,215,673. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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"SANITARY CUSPIDOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY-21.1916.

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NICOLA LOVEGE, or SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 27, 1916. Serial No. 100,324.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NIooLA LOVEOE, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Cuspidor, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a novel means (adapted for the use of the traveling public in street cars particularly, in railway cars,steamboats, ocean liners and other conveyances, as well as in hotels and other places of public assembly) whereby a cuspidor may be housed from view when not in use, so that the same will not present an unsightly appearance, and to the end. that noisome odors may not escape; the construction being such that the cuspidor can be-removed at any timefor cleaning, the cuspidor being located in a depressed, out-ofthe-way position, sothat it will not be likely to be overturned accidentally.

- With the above and other objects in view whichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of themvention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device embodying the present invention, the various protectors and shields for the cuspidor being in a closed position; I

Fig. 2- is a top plan wherein the slidable cover has been retracted, the hinged lid, which is carried by'the cover, having been thrown back, the cuspidor being disclosed;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the slidable cover, parts broken away;

Fig. 4- is a transverse section, the cover being in a closed position;

Fig.5 is'a. longitudinal section taken approximately 011' the line 55 of Fig. 1,th'e cover being in a closed position; and

Fig. 6 isa longitudinal section, showing the cover in an open position.

In the accompanyingdrawings and referring particularly to Figs. 4, 5' and 6, the numeral 1 designates the floor of a building, railway vehicle or other structure. In'the floor 1 there is an opening 2 enlarged at its upper end to form a recess 3 defining a shoulder 4. Seated in the recess 3v and supported on the shoulder 4 is a base plate 5 including a face, the base plate 5 is supplied with longitudinal guide grooves 10 located at the sides of the depending extension 6 and terminated within the contour of the base plate 5. Upon its upper surface and adjacent one end, the base plate 5 is provided with an upstanding boss or keeper 11. By means of securing elements 12, the base plate 5 is attached to the floor 1-. Superp'osed upon the base plate 5 is aframe 14 which is U-shaped when viewed in topplan. The side portions of the U-shaped frame 14 overhang the guide grooves 10 in the base plate 5, the frame being secured 'tothe base plate by means of attaching elements 15.

The numeral 17 is employed to designate a cover mounted to reciprocate on top of the base plate 5, the longitudinal edges of the cover being disposed beneath the side portions of the U -shaped frame 14. The cover 17 is provided with depending lugs 18 mounted to slide in the guide grooves 10 of the base plate 5. Upon its under surface, the cover 17 may be equipped with intersectingbrace ribs 19 shown best in Fig. 3. Projccting from the rear end of the cover 17 is a mud scraper 20. Upstanding from the cover 17 adjacent its rear end is a foot plate 21. Disposed transversely of the cover 17 and secured to the under side thereof as shown in Fig. 3-, is a. bracket 22. The rear ends of latches 24 are pivoted as shown at 23 to the bracket 22, the latches 24 being adapted to swing in a plane parallel to the cover 17. The forward ends of the latches 24 are provided with approaching heads 25 adapted. to cooperate with the keeper 11 on the base plate5, in a manner to be set forth hereinafter. The latches- 24 pass slid'ably through an actuating member 26 disposed transversely of the cover 17 and located on the under: sideth'ereof, the actuating memher 26 being adapted to movelongitudinally Patented Feb. 13,1917.

of the cover. Spacing blocks 100 are secured to the upper face of the actuating member 26 and are held on the member 26 by screws 101. Then the actuating member 26 is moved in the direction of the arrow A of Fig. 6, the heads 25 of the latches 24 will be made to engage with the keeper 11 on the base plate 5, thereby to hold the cover 17 in an advanced position, above the cuspidor 8. lVhen the actuating member 26 is moved in a direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow A in Fig. 3, the heads 25 of the latches 24 are moved in opposite directions out 01": engagement with the keeper 11, and then the cover 17 may be slid back into the position of Fig. 2, thereby to disclose the cuspidor 8. Projecting upwardly from the actuating member 26 and held thereon by a screw 102 is a stem 27 adapted to reciprocate in a longitudinal slot 28 formed in the cover 17. Assembled with the upper end of the stem 27 and formed integrally therewith if desired, is a slide 29 mounted to reciprocate on top of the cover 17. The slide 29 moves to and fro between and beneath guides 30 extended longitudinally of the cover 17 and secured to the upper face thereof. The slide 29 has an upstanding boss 31, whereby the slide may be manipulated.

A vertically swinging lid 32 is pivoted as shown at 33 to the rear end of the slide 29 and, when the cover is in a closed position as shown in Fig. 5, the slide 29 is housed beneath the lid 32. At its forward, free end, the swinging lid 32 is provided with later ally extended arms 34 whereby the lid may be swung readily from the closed position of Fig. 5 to the open position of Fig. 6.

Fulcrumed on the cover 17 as shown at 35 is a latch lever 36, mounted to swing in a vertical plane transversely of the line in which the slide 29 reciprocates. The lever 36 is adapted to engage behind the slide 29, so that when the lever is swung over on top of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1, the slide 29 and the cover cannot be retracted from the position of Fig. 1 to the position of Fig. 2. The lever 36 may include a flange 37, adapted to overhang the rear end of the vertically swinging lid 32, to aid in holding the same in a closed position.

hen the parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the cooperation between the various elements of the structure is as follows The cover 17 is advanced so that it lies above the cuspidor and houses the same from view. The slide 29 is advanced, the actuating member 26 being advanced also, and the latches 24 being swung toward each other so that the heads 25 of the latches engage with the keeper 11, thereby to lock the cover 17 against rearward sliding movement. The lid 32 is swung over into the closed position of Figs. 5 and 1 and houses the slide 29.

The lever 36 is swung down on top of the cover 17 and prevents the lid 32 from being opened.

When it is desired to use the cuspidor 8, the foot of an operator is engaged beneath the free end of the lever 36 and the lever 36 is swung over to one side, from the position of Fig. 1 to the position'of Fig. 2. The hinged lid 32 thereby is set free, and may be swung into an open position, as shown in Fig. 2, when the foot of an operator is engaged beneath one of the arms 34 at the free end of the lid. Pedal pressure may now be applied to the upstanding boss 31 of the slide 29, the slide, along with the lid 32 in an open position, is pushed backwardly into the location indicated in Fig. 2. When the slide 29 is pushed backwardly, the actuating member 26 is pushed backwardly, as the actuating member is connected with the slide through the instrumentality of the stem 27. When the actuating member 26 is pushed backwardly, the latches 24 are swung in opposite directions on the fulcrums 23, and the heads 25 of the latches are disengaged from the keeper 11 on the base plate 5. The foot of an operator is now applied to the foot plate 21, and the cover 17 is slid rearwardly, to assume the position of Fig. 2, under which circumstances, the cuspidor 8 is disclosed for use.

When it is desired to house the cuspidor 8 from view, the operation last above described is reversed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a base; a cuspidor carried by the base; a cover mounted to slide on the base and housing the cuspidor; a latch movably mounted on the cover; a keeper on the base, wherewith the latch coacts to hold the cover above the cuspidor; a slide mounted to move on the cover; means for connecting the slide with the latch whereby the latch will be actuated when the slide is moved; a lid hinged to the slide and housing the slide; and a movable means carried by the cover and cooperating with the slide to hold the slide advanced and to hold the lid in closed position with respect to the slide.

2. In a device of the class described, a base; a cuspidor carried by the base; a cover mounted to slide on the base and housing the cuspidor; a latch movably mounted on the cover; a keeper on the base, wherewith the latch coacts to hold the cover above the cuspidor; a .slide mounted to move on the cover; means for connecting the slide with the latch whereby the latch will be actuated when the slide is moved; and a lid hinged to the slide and housing the slide.

3. In a device of the class described, a base; a cuspidor carried by the base; a

cover mounted to slide on the base and housing the cuspidor; a latch movably mounted on the cover; a keeper on the base, wherewith the latch coacts to hold the cover above the cuspidor; a slide mounted to move on the cover; and means for connecting the slide with the latch whereby the latch will be actuated when the slide is moved.

at. In a device of the class described, a base; a cuspidor carried by the base; a cover mounted to slide on the base and housing the cuspidor; a keeper on the base; a

.pair of latches having their rear ends pivoted to the cover, the forward ends of the latches being provided wlth means for engaging the keeper; an actuating member slidable on the latches to move the same toward and away from each other; a slide mounted to reciprocate 0n the cover and disposed on the opposite side of the cover from the actuating member; and means for connecting the actuating member with the slide, the cover having an opening in which said means is adapted to move.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NICOLA LOVECE.

Witnesses:

C. A. GoFoR'rH, ANTON ADAM.

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Washington, D. G. 

